The blooper was a legendary looper before it was even released.
Over a year in the works, the blooper is a collaboration between Chase Bliss Audio and the remarkable demo channel Knobs. First of all, I’m absolutely blown away by the blooper. I’ve always sought inspiration in looper pedals, but this is something else entirely.
You’ll find an ever-growing list of our blooper demos below.
Normal Mode + Modifiers
Here’s what we cover in this demo:
- Normal mode. That means, at its core, its functioning as a normal looper pedal.
- Layers knob. You can remove and re-add layers via this knob. Pretty handy.
- Normal record and one-shot record. With normal record, you tap in and out. One-shot, you hold the footswitch and it’ll record through one loop. No tapping out! I love this feature.
- Stability knob. Adds some lo-fi wonder to your tone.
- Modifiers. This is where things get weird, but I showcase every modulation setting on its own and a few in tandem.
Additive Mode + Modifiers
With Additive mode, you can imprint modifiers (or Stability) onto your loop. What made me really understand this was to think of adding modifiers as adding new layers to your loop.
So you can add a filter to your sound, then add stepped speed. You normally couldn’t do this on Normal mode, because they’re both part of modifier B.
You can also add modifiers so they’re only saved on a portion of the loop. In this video, I add a Stepped Speed reverse swell and a glitch from the Trimmer to only certain parts of the loop.
Though I didn’t explicitly do this in the video, you can even compound any modifier by leaving it in record for multiple loops/layers. E.g., you can use smooth speed to slowly get faster and faster and faster.
It’s my general understanding that Additive mode is the heart of the Blooper, and I can see why.
A Look at Repeats with Additive Mode
One of my favorite feature of the blooper is the Repeats knob. This breathes new life into your loops by fading older layers as you record new ones. You can have these layers fade out quickly by a counter-clockwise (left) turn, or have them stay put forever at a full clockwise (right) turn.
In this demo, I so take advantage of the Stability knob in Additive mode. I believe I have the Stability set to rise and fall (bounce) down from it’s set position, so as my loops are fading out, they’re also conveying the feeling of disintegrating a la a tape machine recording over itself time and time again.
Guitar is TunaTone TeenyTuna
Amp is Strymon Iridium (round, b)
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